Real America’s Voice — Live From Studio 6B

Episode: Monday, December 15, 2025
Date: December 16, 2025
Podcast: Real America’s Voice | Host: iHeartPodcasts

Main Theme & Purpose

This episode navigates the grim events of a recent devastating weekend—both domestically and abroad—while analyzing current political narratives, the state of the economy, culture wars, and sports. The tone is candid, often irreverent, and consistently critical of government overreach, left-wing media coverage, and progressive policy failures. From personal banter to pressing news (gun violence in the US and Australia, the engagement of MTG, Kamala Harris’ presidential ambitions), the hosts reinforce a through-line: defense of core American values, skepticism of government narratives, and the necessity of honest, often uncomfortable conversations.

Key Segments, Insights & Timestamps

1. Opening Banter: Weekend Recaps & Team Introductions

[01:35–05:59]

• Participants: Damon (host), Slick Rick (sports), Rick Delgado (news), Paul Nolan (news)
• Mood: Joking banter about aging, sports losses ("injured sleeping"), and preparing for Christmas.
• Notable Moment: Congratulatory shoutout to Brian Glenn and Marjorie Taylor Greene on their engagement.
  “Let me also, before we get to tonight's first word, also congratulate our own Brian Glenn on his engagement tonight. Brian Glenn got engaged to Marjorie Taylor Greene.” — Damon [05:35]

2. Monologue: The ‘Affordability’ Political Narrative

[06:34–14:45]

• Damon unleashes a direct critique of the new Democratic messaging on 'affordability' in sectors like healthcare, housing, child care, and education.
• Argument:
  • So-called “affordability” is a linguistics trick—masking government subsidies as cost reductions, when in fact, costs are merely shifted to taxpayers.
  • Economic distortion through overregulation and subsidies: “Every sector of the economy gets the same treatment... while it crushes supplies, jacks up the total bill for everybody. These disasters aren’t bugs, they're the feature." — Damon [08:40]
  • Examples:
    • Health care: COVID-era enhanced Obamacare subsidies mask true premium hikes.
    • Housing: Rent control “helps a lucky few... but wrecks affordability for the vast majority.”
    • Higher Ed: Student debt crisis is government-enabled.
• Solution: True affordability comes from innovation & productivity; government 'fixes' breed inefficiency, shortages, bureaucracy.
• Notable Quote:
  "Affordability is not engineered by government. It is earned through production. Until policymakers accept that basic truth, every new affordability proposal... is only going to deepen the crisis that they claim to want to fix." — Damon [13:57]

3. Quick Takes: Reaganesque Government Skepticism

[14:45–15:10]

• Rick Delgado:
  • Calls back Reagan’s classic line: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.’”
  • Highlights government interventions often worsen costs, stifle productivity.

4. Audience Polls & Cultural Chat

[29:30–30:22]

• Light segment on Christmas music, traditions, “Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” poll, and shoutouts to chat participants.
• Emphasizes the show's community feel amid heavy news coverage.

5. Politics & Civility: Trump’s Statement on Rob Reiner’s Death

[30:33–42:17]

• Analysis of Trump’s controversial statement about Rob Reiner, who died suddenly and had an historically antagonistic relationship with Trump.
• Paul Nolan’s Critique:
  • Tactically, Trump missed an opportunity for magnanimity and optics with moderates.
  • “We are losing moderates. Moderates will determine the midterms. ... If he showed grace, the left would have exploded.” — Paul Nolan [32:55]
• Rick Delgado:
  • Argues Trump has no further obligation to be “above” it after years of dehumanization; “He’s living the no Fs to give presidency right now.”
• Damon:
  • Conflicted; separates arena of politics (“Rob Reiner is a vile human”) from the human tragedy: “I just think there should be some kind of a—when senseless murder happens... there should be some grace extended.” [38:18]
  • Reflects on the importance of grace, even toward adversaries.
• Audience Reflection:
  • Chat messages highlight ‘do as we would want others to do’—two wrongs don’t make a right, but acknowledge the left will never offer the same grace.

6. International & Domestic Violence: Australia & Brown University Shootings

A. Australia Mass Shooting & Media Framing

[46:33–53:32]

• Rick Delgado reports on the Jewish community-targeted shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach during Hanukkah.
• Police & Political Response:
  • Australian PM blames "right-wing extremism" while downplaying Islamic terrorism.
  • Frustration with media’s refusal to “call it what it is.”
  • Paul Nolan: Highlights slow police response, disarmament of Australian public as a warning against US gun restriction policies.
• Heroism: Video described of a bystander wrestling gun away from the shooter (“One of the most epic things I’ve ever seen.” – Damon [45:08])
• Gun-Free Zone Debate: “Every one of these killers... picked their target based on the fact that they knew there was this gun free zone.” — Damon [53:32]

B. Brown University Shooting

[64:51–68:33], [68:33–69:24]

• Brown University attack during finals—details murky, press conference described as a mess.
• Targeted victim: Ella Cook, VP of the College Republicans, signals possible political or ideological motivation.
• Criticism of university security (“800 cameras, and this is the best we can get in 24 hours?” — Damon [66:52]), suspicion over clumsy handling of evidence.

7. Gun Control Narratives & Media Reactions

[60:37–63:22], [98:32–101:22]

• Sports figures (Steve Kerr, Coach Gottlieb) use shootings to call for gun control.
  • Gottlieb decries US as “the only country that lives this way”—immediately “aged poorly” when Australia suffered their own mass shooting hours later.
  • Steve Kerr described as having “an ax to grind,” continually misses the root of gun violence (evil, not weapon).
• Damon: “It’s always the guns, never the people, never the subhumans who, you know, if it wasn’t a gun, it would be something else because evil is just evil.” [62:43]
• Hypocrisy called out—“They tell us we have a tyrannical, authoritarian Hitler in our White House, but they want to confiscate guns.” — Paul Nolan [63:03]

8. Foreign & Domestic Policy: Burchett on Taliban Funding

[75:58–78:54]

• Rick Delgado details Rep. Tim Burchett’s campaign to end $40+ million weekly US taxpayer dollars flowing to Afghanistan’s Taliban.
• Paul Nolan: “Another example of the sedition that surrounds Trump at every level, from the streets to the very top of global politics.” [73:16]
• Revelation: Testimony by Sarah Adams, ex-CIA, confirms US is paying Taliban martyr’s families (“Our families of Americans who died there aren't getting squat, but we are paying Taliban families for basically dying while attacking us.” — Adams [79:54]).
• Damon: “The president needs to take a serious look at the people in the Senate, maybe starting with the Senate leader.” [80:54]

9. Culture & Entertainment

A. Pop Culture: 'Landman' TV Series Rips ‘The View’

[103:53–106:52]

• Rick Delgado recaps a “great” show moment:
  “Bunch of pissed off millionaires about how much they hate millionaires and Trump and men and you and me…” — Billy Bob Thornton as “Tommy Norris” (Landman series) [104:35]
• Commentary on the hypocrisy of left-leaning, wealthy media personalities.

B. Sports Highlights**

• Army-Navy Game Recap; Trump’s participation in the coin toss (with video):
  “It is my honor and privilege to introduce the commander in chief, President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.” — Stadium Referee [24:03]
• Discussion on Heisman Trophy awards, NFL highlights, pickleball, rodeo results, and college football.

10. Political Landscape: Kamala Harris 2026 Rumors

[101:22–103:31]

• Kamala Harris reportedly positioning for 2026 run; coverage treats it as good news for GOP.
• “Yahtzee, Triple Yahtzee!” — Slick Rick [101:58]
• Harris extends book tour, focuses on important primary states.
• “Best news we’ve heard all day.” — Damon [103:31]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Opening Critique of “Affordability” Rhetoric:
  "Affordability is not engineered by government. It is earned through production." — Damon [13:57]

• On Trump’s Rob Reiner Statement:
  “In a moment like this, in a war of visual optics, we are losing moderates. Moderates will determine the midterms.” — Paul Nolan [32:55]

• On Mass Shootings & Gun-Free Zones:
  "Every one of these killers... picked their target based on the fact that they knew there was this gun free zone." — Damon [53:32]

• On Funding the Taliban:
  “Our families of Americans who died there aren't getting squat, but we are paying Taliban families for basically dying while attacking us.” — Sarah Adams (ex-CIA) [79:54]

• Pop Culture Irony:
  "Bunch of pissed off millionaires about how much they hate millionaires and Trump and men and you and me..." — Billy Bob Thornton, Landman series [104:35]

Show Tone & Takeaways

• Candid, irreverent, and sometimes raw, the hosts blend humor with outrage, underpinned by a constant skepticism toward government and legacy narratives.
• The episode offers a blend of camaraderie and robust debate, especially when wrestling with uncomfortable ethical questions around civility in politics.
• Sports and culture serve as both relief from and lens for the week’s difficult news—a “meeting in the locker room after the game” style.

For Listeners Who Missed It

• This episode is a robust snapshot of contemporary right-leaning skepticism: critical of government intervention, hypersensitive to media framing, and unafraid to highlight both their own side’s foibles and the cultural absurdities of modern America.
• Illuminating are segments on the rhetorical war around “affordability,” the ethics of political speech in the wake of tragedy, gun control after high-profile shootings, and behind-the-scenes realities of foreign aid.
• The show's signature is mixing gut-level honesty with gallows humor and a heavy dose of sports banter—a blend that consistently challenges, amuses, and mobilizes its audience.

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